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  2. Capture of Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Wikipedia

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    The capture of Saint Pierre and Miquelon was the successful takeover of the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, an overseas collectivity of France off the coast of Newfoundland, on 24 December 1941 by Free French Naval Forces.

  3. Battle of Bar-sur-Aube - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Bar-sur-Aube was fought on 27 February 1814, between the First French Empire and the Austrian Empire. French forces were led by Jacques MacDonald, while the Austrians and their Bavarian allies, forming the Army of Bohemia, were led by Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg. The Austrians were victorious.

  4. Ulterior Motives (song) - Wikipedia

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    "Ulterior Motives" is a pop song recorded by the British-Canadian filmmakers Christopher Saint Booth and Philip Adrian Booth around 1986. It gained popularity online after a seventeen-second snippet of the song, at the time unidentified, was posted online in 2021. Derived from the previously debated lyrics of the snippet, the song was init

  5. Lords, counts and dukes of Perche - Wikipedia

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    Lords of Mortagne, lords of Nogent-le-Rotrou and viscounts of Châteaudun. The lords of Perche were originally titled lords of Mortagne-au-Perche, until Rotrou III adopted the style of count of Perche in 1126, thus uniting the lordship of Mortagne-au-Perche, the viscountcy of Châteaudun and the lordship of Nogent-le-Rotrou in the countship of Perche and Montagne.

  6. Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud - Wikipedia

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    Tournassoud was born May 3, 1866, in Montmerle-sur-Saône. In 1879, he was first in the canton for the certificate of primary studies and followed a course in carpentry. At the end of his basic military service in 1887, Tounassoud remained with the Army and began a military career.

  7. French National Olympic and Sports Committee - Wikipedia

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    The French National Olympic and Sports Committee (French: Comité national olympique et sportif français, CNOSF) is the National Olympic Committee of France.It is responsible for France's participation in the Olympic Games, as well as for all of France's overseas departments and territories except French Polynesia.

  8. Éclairs sur l'Au-Delà... - Wikipedia

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    "Éclairs" are flashes of lightning; "sur" translates in this context as over rather than on (cf. éclairs sur Paris, lightning over Paris); "l'Au-delà", capitalized, refers to the Hereafter, the afterlife, or, literally, the beyond. Messiaen extends the imagery of the heavenly city with pearly gates described in the Book of Revelation. The ...

  9. Un jardin sur l'Oronte (opera) - Wikipedia

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    Un jardin sur l'Oronte was premiered at the Palais Garnier in Paris on 7 November 1932 with Suzanne Balguerie in the title role. It was conducted by Philippe Gaubert , with sets and costumes designed by René Piot [ fr ] [1] and executed by Mouveau, Solatgès and Mathieu, and a choreography by Léo Staats .

  10. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    Wikipedia is written by volunteer editors and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other volunteer projects : Commons. Free media repository. MediaWiki. Wiki software development.

  11. Drag Race France season 3 - Wikipedia

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    Contestants of Drag Race France season 3 and their backgrounds; Contestant Age Hometown Outcome Afrodite Amour 27 Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes : TBA: Edeha Noire 34 Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes